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LAGING HOOK SETTING MACHINE.

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PATENTBD APR. 28, 1908.

"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARREN F. FRASER, OF DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGN OR TO FRASERMACHINE AND MANUFACTURING 00., A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. v

LAOING-HOOK-SETTING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN F. FRASER, a subject of the King of England,residing at Dorchester, in the county of Suflolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lacing-Hook-Setting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for setting lacing hooks in theuppers of boots and shoes, the object of the invention being to providea machine which requires no skill upon the part of the operator otherthan to place the upper of the shoe in the machine, start the same andstop it, substantially in the manner hereinafter set forth. That is, theobject of this invention is to provide a machine of the character setforth in which the upper is placed by the operator in correct positionby the aid of suitable gages and after being placed in position themachine feeds the lacing hooks, punches the u per, sets the lacing hooksin the punched ho es in the upper, and spaces the lacing hooks at thedesired distance apart in said upper.

It is further the object of this invention to provide convenient andpractical means to vary or regulate the distance between the lacinghooks set in the upper.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts setforth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in theclaims thereof.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a left hand side elevation of myimproved lacing hook setting machine. Fig. 2 is a right hand sideelevation of the same, partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a plan view, partlyin section, on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of myimproved lacing hook setting machine, with the hopper removed andraceway broken. Fig. 5 is a front elevation, partly in section, on line5 5, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section, partly in elevation,taken on line 66 of Fig. 3 Viewed from the left hand side 'of themachine and showing the parts in the res ective positions occupiedthereby when the liook is being set in the upper, a portion of a shoeupper being shown in section therein and a portion of the machine beingbroken awayto save space. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 with theparts in the position occupied thereby when the stock has been fedforward ready to have a lacing hook inserted therein. Fig. 8 is a planPatented April 28, 1908. Serial No. 344,137.

view, partly in section, on line 8-8 of Fig. 1, the same being partlybroken away to save space, and illustrating a portion of the hookfeeding mechanism. Fig. 9 is a plan view similar to Fig. 8 illustratingthe hook feeding mechanism in a different position. Fig. 10 is a planView, partly in section on line 10-1() of Fig. 1 of the mechanism forfeeding the upper. Figs. 11, 12 and 13 are plan views similar to Fig. 10showing the upper feeding mechanism in different positions. Fig. 14 is adetail front elevation of the rocker frame for feeding the upper. Fig.15 is a detail side elevation as viewed from the left of Fig. 3 of oneof the links forming a portion of the mechanism by means of which theupper is fed. Fig. 16 is a plan view in detail of the tilting frame uponwhich the hook feeding mechanism, the hook carrier, and the anvil aresupported. Fig. 17 is a detail section, partly in elevation, taken-online 1717 of Fig. 9. Fig. 18 is a detail section taken on line 1818 ofFig. 8. Fig. 19 is a detail side elevation of the lacing hook feedfinger.

. Fig. 20 is a plan view of the resser foot, a

portion of the unch lever an a positioning gage for a rig t hand upper.Fig. 21 is a front elevation of said gage and Fig. 22 is a left handside elevation of said gage. Fig. 23 is a plan view of the edge gage.Fig. 24 is a perspective view of the hook carrier plate.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, 20 is the frame of the machine, said frame beingprovided with a bedplate 21, which is adapted to be fastened to theordinary bench used in shoe manufactories. The shoe upper 22 is placedby the operator upon the work-rest 23 beneath the resser foot 24, when.a left-hand upper is to have lacing hooks inserted therein, asindicated in dotted lines (Fig. 3), with the front edge of said up er 22bearing against the edge gage 25 and with the upper edge of said upperbearing against the top gage 26. The gages for positioning the shoe maybe of any suitable construction.

The edge gage 25 is pivoted at 27 to the the work-rest 23, so that byloosening said screw 28 the edge gage may be rocked upon the pivot 27until the bearing edge thereof is brought to the desired position,whereupon said edge gage is locked in position by tightening the screw28. The top gage 26 is rendered adjustable longitudinally thereof by ascrew 30 which projects through a slot 31 extending longitudinally ofsaid top gage, said screw having screw-threaded engagement with thework-rest 23. A plate 32 fast to said work-rest bears against one sideof the top gage to guide the same when the screw 30 is loosened and thegage is being moved toward or away from the punch. The work-rest plate23 is rigidly fastened to a bracket 33 which is fast to the bed-plate21.

The presser foot 24 is recessed at 34 to allow the punch 35 to feed thestock forward and beneath the anvil 36. The presser foot 24 is fastenedto a vertical rod 37 adapted to slide in bearings formed upon a bracket38 fast to the bed-plate 21. The rod 37 is forced downwardly to bringthe presser foot 24 into contact with the work by a spring 39 the upperend' of which bears against the bracket 38 and the lower end against acollar 40 fast to the rod 37. Upon the lower end of the rod 37 isfastened a sleeve 41 which is adjustable longitudinally of said rod. Thelower end of said sleeve bears against a lever 42 ivoted at 43 to theframe 20. The lever 42 has a cam-roll 44 journaled thereon and bearingagainst a cam 45 fast to the main driving shaft 46. A treadle rod 47 isattached to the lever 42, the lower end thereof being connected to atreadle (not shown in the drawing) which may be actuated by the operatorso that the lever 42 may be rocked upon its pivot to move the rod 37 andpresser foot 24 upwardly against the action of the spring 39, either byfoot power or by means 0 the cam 45.

A hole is punched in the upper 22 by a punch 35 which is fastened to alever 48 pivoted at 49 to a rocker frame 50. The lever 48 has a screw 51in engagement with the left hand end thereof, said screw projectingdownwardly therefrom and terminating in a spherical or ball-shaped en dwhich fits into a corresponding bearing in the upper end of a link 52.The lower end of the ink 52 is supported upon a stud 53 fast to a camlever 54 pivoted to a stud 55 fast to bed-plate 21.

The vertical arm of the lever 54 has a camroll 56 journaled thereonwhich engages a cam-groove 57 formed in the cam disk 58, whereby arocking motion is imparted to the lever 54 and through the link 52 arocking .motion is imparted to the punch lever 48.

The punch 35 moves toward and away fromand. cooperates in its cuttin andfeeding action with a die 59 which is fastened to the rocker frame 50.While I prefer to use a die 59 ofa separate piece of metalto cooperatewith the punch 35, it will be noted that said die consists, merely, of aflat plate or disk with a shank thereon which fits into a correspondinghole in the rocker frame 50, but, if desired, said die might be formedin tegral with the rocker frame. For instance, the rocker frame might beconstructed entirely of metal suitable for the die, in which case thedie and the rocker frame would be in one piece, and in function it willbe understood that said die and rocker frame are constructed in onepiece, said die being rigidly fastened to the rocker frame and movingtherewith.

The rocker frame 50 is pivoted to rock upon two pointed screws 60 and 6]having screwthreaded engagement with the frame 26 of the machine (seeFigs. 6 and 7). A rocking motion is imparted to the rocker frame 56 bythe cam disk 58 (Fig. 16) which has a camgroove 62 provided in itsperiphery in which is located a cam roll 63 journaled upon a lever 64pivoted to a stud 65 fast to the bedlate 21. The lever 64 is connectedby a ink 66 to a link 67 by a pin 68. The link 67 is pivoted upon screws69, 69 fast to arms 76, 70 integral with an arm 71 which is counterboredto receive a hub 72 formed upon the rocker frame 50 (see Fig. 14). Thearm 71 has ears 73 thereon which are clamped to the hub 72 by means of aclamp-screw 7 4. Said arm is still further fastened to the rockerframe50 by a screw 74 which extends throu h the ears 73 formed upon the arm71 and also through the rocker frame 50. it will be understood that thearms 7 t) and 71 are thus rigidly attached to the rocker frame 50 andform in function a part thereof, the rocker frame and arms 70 and 71being formed in a separate piece simply for convenience in manufacture,but the resultant structure which will hereinafter be called the rockerframe in operation is exactly the same as though the frame 56 and arms 7t) and 71 were integral one with the other. When the lever 64 is rockedby the cam-roll 63 in the groove 62 toward the right from the positionindicated in Fig. 16 to that illustratr-al in Fig. 11, it will be seenthat the rocker frame 50 will be rocked by means of the links will bebroughtinto alinement with the axial line of the screws 69 which connectthe link 67 to the arms 70 of the rocker frame 56, so that at the end ofeach feeding movement the axial line of the pivotal pin 75 will alinewith the axial line of the screws 62).

It is essential in machines of this class that a ready means for varyingthe feed of the upper should be provided, so that the distance betweenadjacent lacing hooks upon different uppers may be increased ordiminished, as desired, and for this purpose I provide a lever 76pivoted to a stud 77 fast to the bed-plate of the machine. The lever 76is connected by a pin 78 to a link 79, the opposite end of said linkbein connected by a pin 80to ears 81, 81 integra with the link 67. Thelever 76 is locked in position by pins v82, 82 which project into holes83, 83 provided in the plate 84 fast to the bed-plate 21. The pins 82,82 are located u on opposite sides, respectively of the ham. le arm 85and thus lock the same in position. Said pins are easily removed fromthe holes 83, 83 and are placed by the o erator in the pro er holes tolock the handle 85 in position. desired, an index may be placed upon theplate 84 or upon the bed-plate adjacent thereto, so that the operatorcan set the handle 85 in position for any desired distance between thelacing hooks. When the handle 85 is rocked from the position indicatedin Fig. 10 'to that illustrated in Fig.- 12 the link 79 is drawn towardthe right in said figures, thus rocking the links 66 and 67 upon theirpivots and rocking the rocker frame 50 upon its pivot to move the punchtoward the left in said figures, and when the feed of the upper takesplace as hereinafter described, the axial line of the punch will bebrought into alinement with the axial line of the anvil at the end ofthe feed and the axial line of the pin 75 will be substantially inalinement with the axial line of the screws 69, as illustrated in Fig.13.

The lacing hooks which are to be set in the uppers of boots and shoesare placed in quantity in a hopper 86 which consists, mainly, of

a casing 87 supported upon a bracket 88 fast to the frame 20 and havingjournaled therein a rotary picker plate (not shown in the drawings) towhich a rotary motion is imparted by means of a bevel gear 89 fast to ashaft 90 journaled in said casing. The bevel gear 89 meshes into apinion.91 fast to a shaft 92 journaled in. bearings upon said casing anddriven by a pulley 93 fast thereto and connected by a belt 94 to apulley 95 formed upon the hub of the main driving pulley 96 (Fig. 5).The main driving pulley 96 is loosely mounted upon the main drivingshaft 46 and is connected thereto, in order to rotate said shaft, by aclutch 97 which is operated frame 104 (see Figs. 3, 5, 6, 7 and 16).

100 leads from the hopper 86 downwardly at an incline, the lower end ofsaid raceway being rigidly fastened to the bracket 38. The lacing hooks101, 101 slide down said raceway till the lowermost lacing hook restsagainst a detent or stop spring 102 fast to the lower end. of saidraceway, as illustrated in Fig. 8. Said lowermost lacing hook at thistime rests upon the horizontal bend. 103, as illustrated in Fig. 17. Thelacing hook is next fed from saidraceway and carried to a lacing hookcarrier by which it-is forced through the shoe upper and. against theanvil, all by mechanism which I will now proceed to describe.

The mechanism for feeding the lacing hooks from the raceway to thecarrier and setting the same is supported upon a tilting The tiltingframe 104 is pivoted to rock about a horizontal axis upon the pointedends of screws 105, 105. fast to the frame 20. A rocking or tiltingmotion is given to said frame by a cam 106 having a roll 1.07 in thepath thereof which is journaled to rotate upon a pin fast to an arm 108integral with and projecting downwardly from the tilting frame 104. Uponthe top of the tilting frame 104, at its forward end, are fastened threeplates 109, 110, and 111 which constitute guide plates for the lacinghook as it is being fed from the lower horizontal portion of the racewayto the lacing hook carrier 112. The plates 109 and 111 form at theiradjacent ends a continuation of the lower horizontal portion of theraceway when the tilting frame is in its lowermost position, or in theposition shown in Fig. 8.

Between the adjacent edges of the plates 109 and 110 is a passageway 113which terminates at its forward end adjacent to the hook carrier plate114. The hook carrier plate 114 forms the top of a hollow cylinder 114and said top is cut out to form a recess 114 this recess also extendingdownwardly from the top along the rear wall of the hollow cylinder 114which is cut through into the interior of said hollow cylinder and thusforms I the recess 114 which is adapted to receive the head of thelacing hook, while the shank projects upwardly from the top 114. Thelacinghook carrier 112 has a cylindrical stem upon its upper end whichprojects into the hollow cylinder 114. Said plates 109, 111 and 110constitute, therefore, an auxiliary raceway for guiding the lacing hookfrom the lower horizontal portion of the raceway to the lacing hookcarrier 112, it being understood that the adjacent edges of the plates109 and 111 form one portion of said auxiliary raceway and the adjacentedges of the plates 109 and 110 the other portion of said auxiliaryraceway, so that said auxiliary raceway guides the lacing hook along asubstantially right angled pathway, leading first from the horizontalportion of the raceway 100 to the passageway 113 and second along thepassageway 113 to the lacing hook carrier. The lowermost hook upon theraceway is carried from the lower portion of the race way along betweenthe plates 111 and 109 to the center of the passageway 113 or to theposition illustrated. in Fig. 9 from the position illustrated in Fig. 8by a hook feeding lever 115 which is pivoted upon a stud 116 fast to acap-plate 117 which, in turn, is fastened to and forms in function apart of the tilting frame 104.

A flat spring 118 is fastened to the lever 115 and projects rearwardlybeyond said lever, contacting with a roll 119 when the parts are in theposition illustrated in Fig. 9. The roll 119 is journaled upon a stud120 fast to a slide 121 constructed to slide in ways 122 formed in thetop of the tilting frame 104. The stud. 116 is encircled. by a torsionalspring 123 (Fig. 7), one end of said spring being fastened to thecap-plate 117, the other end thereof being fastened to the lever 115,the action of said torsional spring being to hold the lever 115 or theflat spring 118 fast thereto in contact with the friction roll 119.

In the forward end of the lever 115 is located a hook feeding finger 124pivoted to a pin 125 fast to the lever 115. A spring 126, which issupported upon the lever 115, bears downwardly upon the forward end ofthe hook feeding finger 124, so that if said finger should strike uponthe top of a lacing hook instead of between two adjacent lacing hooks,it would yield slightly and thus avoid damaging said lacing hook. Thelever 115 is rocked upon its pivot 116 from the position illustrated inFig. 8 to that illustrated in Fig. 9, thus feeding the lowermost hookfrom the horizontal portion of the raceway into alinement with thepassageway 113, by the roll 119 and stud 120, which, as hereinbefore setforth, are fast to a slide 121. A reciprocatory motion is imparted tosaid slide at the right time in the operation of the machine by a cam127 (Figs. 6 and 7) fast to the main driving shaft 46, operativelyconnected by a cam roll and stud to a lever 128 pivoted to a stud 129fast to the frame of the machine.

The lever 128 is connected by a link 130 to a collar 131 clamped to arod 132 and adapted to slide longitudinally thereof in the tilting frame104. An ear 133 projects upwardly from the collar 131 and through thisear projects a pin 134 which is fastened to the slide 121. A spiralspring 135 encircles the pin 134, one end of said spring bearing againstthe slide 121 and the other against the ear 133. The rocking lever 128,by its cam 127, will impart a reciprocatory motion to the rod 132 andalso to the slide 121, and if the slide 121 or any of the partssupported thereon should encounter an obstruction such as a misplacedlacing hook, the spring 135 will yield and thus prevent a smash up ofthe machine or damage to said lacing hook. As the slide 121 is movedbackwardly from the position illustrated in Fig. 8 to that illustratedin Fig. 9 the hook feeding finger 124, which, when the parts are in theposition illustrated in Fig. 8, projects downwardly between thelowermost lacing hook upon the raceway and the lacing hook ad jacentthereto, will be moved from the position illustrated in Fig. 8 to thatillustrated in Fig. 9, carrying said lowermost lacing hook away from thedetent 102 and along between the plates 109 and 111 to the center of thepassageway 113, as illustrated in Fig. 9. This motion is imparted to thelacing hook feed finger 124 by the reci n'oeating movement of the slide121 toward the left. The roll 119 moving along in contact with a camface 136 upon said lever 115 will rock the same to the positionillustrated in Fig. 9. During the latter part of this rocking movementof the lever 115, if the lacing hook should encounter an obstruction orif there should be a slight difference in width between one lacing hookand another, the llat spring 118 will yield so that no jamming of thelacing hook will take place.

' It is evident that if the lacing hook were to be fed, as hereinbeforedescribed, along the plate 111 and into alinement with the passageway113, if nothing were interposed in said passageway at the right or infront of the lacing hook (Figs. 8 and 9) the same would be liable tofall off of the plate 111 and thus the lacing hook would be dropped outof the machine and could not be fed to the upper to be set. To preventany such accident a hook holding linger 137 is provided (see Figs. 6 and7) and when the lacing hook is fed along the plate 1]], as hereinbeforedescribed, to the passageway 113, said hook holding finger will be inthe position illustrated in Fig. 7 and will form a continuation ineffect of the plate 109, so that the lacing hook will be fed onto saidhook holding finger. The upper portion of the finger 137 is hook-shapedand adapted to enter the space between the head and shank of the hook.Said hook holding linger is pivoted at 138 to the tilting frame 104 andis normally held in the position illustrated in Fig. 7 by a torsionalspiral spring 139, one end of which is fastened to said linger the otherto the tilting frame.

The lower edge of the hook holding linger 137 is flattened and projectstoward the left of the pivot of said 'finger at 140, this projectionresting against the bottom of the grmweor space in the tilting frame104- in which the slide 121 is adapted to move. When the slide 121 ismoved forward or toward the right, from the position illustrated in Fig.7 to that illustrated inFig. 6, the hook which at that time rests uponthe finger 137 is pushed along the passageway 113 by a finger 141 whichis rigidly fastened to said slide 121. As said finger advances the hookholdin finger is pushed backwardly and downwardTy from the position Iillustrated in Fig. 7 to that illustrated in Fig. 6 by a friction roll142 journaled to rotate upon a pin 143 fast tothe slide 121, so thatassoon as said hook enters the passageway between the plates 109 and 110and becomes guided thereby, the hook holding finger is drawn out of thehook and substantially into the position illustrated in Fig. 6. Afurther forward motion of the slide 121 pushes the hook along the plates109 and 110 and onto the hook carrier plate 114.

An arm 144 is pivoted by a pin 145 to the tilting frame 104. Said arm isconnected by a pin 146 to a link 147, the other end of said link beingconnected by a pin 148 to the frame 20. The anvil 36 is formed upon orfastened to 'the lower end of a screw 150 which projects through thefront end of the arm 144 and is adjusted longitudinally thereof in saidarm by means of a nut 151 located in a slot 152 provided in said arm.The screw 150 and anvil 36 are secured in position after having beenproperly adjusted by a set nut 153.

The lacing hook carrier 112 is pivoted upon the tilting frame 104 to apin 154, said pin passing through ears 155, 155 upon the tilting frame104, said ears being located above and below said lacing hook carrier.

It will be seen that the hook carrier 112 constitutes, in effect,arocker arm pivotally supported upon the movable or tilting frame 104,with the hook carrier plate 114 fast to the outer end thereof, so thatwhen said hook carrier 112 is rocked upon its pivot the same movesbodily away from the lacing hook after the same has been set in theupper and thus the hook carrier plate is disengaged from the head of thelacing hook.

The position'of the lacing hook carriercan be regulated and moved towardor away from the end of the passageway 113 by a set-screw 156 havingscrew-threaded engage-' ment with said lacing hook carrier and with itsinner end bearing against an ear 157 7 formed upon the tilting frame104. The

screw 156 is held normally in contact with the tilting frame by a flatspring 158, one end of which is fastened to said tilting frame, theforward end thereof bearing against an arm 159 formed on the lacing hookcarrier 112.

When theoperator desires to set lacing hooks in a right hand upper, saidupper is positioned by means of a gage 160 (Figs. 20 to 22 inclusive).This gage is provided with a slot 161 and is adjustably fastened to thepresser foot 24 by means of a screw 162 which extends through said slotand has screw-threaded engagement with said presser foot. An ear 163upon the plate 160 extends downwardly therefrom in front of the presserfoot 24 and has an index 164 thereon. Another ear 165 extends upwardlyfrom the rear edge of said ga e 160 and has a series of index marks 166t ereon. The mark 164 shows the operator where to place the upper edgeof a right upper in starting a machine when the first lacing hook is tobe inserted. One of the index marks 166 is placed in alinement with anindex mark 167 upon the punch lever 48 and the gage is then fastened tothe presser foot 24 by means of the screw 162. The distance from thepoint where the first or upper lacing hook is placed in the shoe varieswith different styles of shoes and with different manufacturers.Therefore, a series of marks 166 is provided, any one of which may beplaced in alinement with the index mark 167 upon: the lever 48 to suitvarying requirements found in different shops and existing underdifferent conditions.

It is evident that if it is desired that the punch shall make a hole inthe upper nearer the to edge, one of the marks 166 at the right ig. 20)will be placed in alinement w1th the index mark 167. On the contrary, ifa longer distance from the upper lacing hook to the to edge of the upperis required, one of the in ex marks 166 at the left (Fig. 20) will beplaced in alinement with the index mark 167, so that having the gage1.60 correctly located the operator places the top of the right hand upor in alinement with the index mark 164 an(v then locates the upper inthe proper position for the punch to perforate the same at the requireddistance from the top of said upper.

The operation of the mechanism hereinbefore described is as follows: Theoperator first depresses the presser foot treadle, raising the presserfoot 24, and inserts the u per, whether it be a right hand or a left hanu per, beneath said presser foot upon the wor plate in the properlocation for the punch to punch a hole therein in the correct position,

eing guided as to the placing of the same, so far as the front edge ofthe upper is concerned, by the edge gage 25, whether the upper be aright or left hand upper and being assisted in placing the upper in thecorrect position relatively to the distance from the top edge of theupper by the to gage 26, in the case of a left hand upper, an by thegage 160, in the case of a rlght hand upper, the particular manner ofplacing said uppers by the aid of said gages having been hereinbeforedescribed. After having placed the u per in osition the operatorreleases t e presser oot, allowing the same to descend and clamp theupper to the work-plate. At this time the punch is raised and in itsextreme position toward the left as viewed from the front of themachine. The operator now throws in the clutch and the main drivingshaft is rotated by the clutch pulley 96. The punch lever 48 is rockedby means of the link 52, cam lever 54 and cam groove 57, depressing thepunch until it perforates the upper against the die plate 59. Thepresser foot is then raised to release the upper so that it may be fed,by the cam 45. The rocker frame then moves, together with the punch,toward the right, said rocker frame being rocked upon its pivots bymeans of the cam groove 62 cam lever 64, and links 66until the medianaxial line of the punch is brought into alinement with a vertical planeextending through the center of the passageway 113 and through thecenter of the anvil 36. The presser foot now descends and clamps theupper to the work-plate. The punch is then moved upwardly and retreatstoward the left, as viewed from the front of the machine, being moved bythe rocker frame on which it is sup orted.

When the operator pl aees the shoe upper in the machine, as hereinbeforedescribed, the hook feeding fin er 124 and the lever 115 are in theposition illustrated in Fig. 8,- i. (3., the tilting frame 104 is in itslowermost position and the auxiliary raceway is in alinement with thelower horizontal portion of the stationary raceway in readiness to havea hook fed from said stationary raceway onto said auxiliary raceway. Thehook feeding finger 124 is located back of the lowermost hook on theraceway. Now, as the shaft rotates said, hook feeding finger is rockedfrom the position shown in Fig. 8 to that shown in Fig. 9, being rockedfrom one position to the other by the movement of the roll 119 towardthe left (Figs. 8 and 9). The slide 121 is at this time retreating ormoving toward the back of the machine.

The hook feeding finger moves the hook from the lower portion of theraceway onto the tilting frame 104 between the plates 109 and 111 and bythe time that said hook feeding finger has moved the hook into thepassageway 113,the forward end of the slide 121 has retreated to allowthe lacing hook to be pushed into said assage and. also to allow thehook holding inger 137 to assume a substantially vertical position, asillustrated in Fig. 7, and to receive u on its hooked end said lacinghook. The 100k feeding finger 124 finishes the feeding of the hook intothe passageway 113 at about the same time that the punch finishesfeeding the material forward in order to have a new lacing hook settherein. As the punch begins to rise and to retreat or move toward theleft (Fig. 4) the slide 121 moves forward and the roll 142 strikestl1e-hook holding finger 137, moving it from the position illustrated inFig. 7 to that illustrated in Fig. 6 and pushing the hook forward alongthe passageway 113 and onto the hook carrier plate 114. The anvil 36,during the motions hereinbefore described,

has been in its raised position and the tilting frame in its depressedposition, as illustrated in Fig. 7. During the latter part of theforward motion of the slide 121, however, the tilting frame is rockedupon its pivot by the cam 106 which rocks the arm 10S integral with thetilting frame 104, so that the tilting frame, with the hook carrier 112and hook carrier plate 114 thereon, is raised to meet the descendinganvil 36, which is fast to the arm 144, said arm being rocked downwardlywhen the tilting frame 104- is moved upwardly by reason of the rear endof the arm being connected to said tilting frame, while the arm itselfis pivoted upon the link 1-17 fast to the stationary frame, so that anup ward movement of the tilting frame will rock the arm 144 so as tomove the front end thereof downwardly with the anvil attached thereto.

The hook carrier plate 114 moving upwardly with the tilting frame forcesthe shank of the lacing hook through the perforation made in the upperof the boot or shoe by the punch, as hereinbefore described, andclenehes the shank of said hook upon the anvil 36. Just as the anvil ismoving upwardly a slight extent or enough to release the pressure uponthe upper, the rod 132 abuts against the hook carrier 112 and rocks thesame upon its pivot so as to withdraw the hook carrier plate from thelacing hook, it being noted that the-axis of rotation of said carrierextends parallel to the longitudinal median line of the shank of alacing hook thereon, whereby when said carrier is rocked it may bedisengaged from said lacing hook. During this forward motion of the rod132 the spring 135 will yield and the slide 121 will remain stationary,said slide being stopped by theroll 1 19 abutting against the lever 115,as illustrated in Fig. 8.

It is evident that the slide 121 and the rod 132 will move as one pieceunless an obstruction is encountered by the slide 121, such ashereinbefore set forth, whereupon the spring 135 will yield, the slide121 will remain stationary, and the rod 132 will move forward to performits function in actuating the lacing hook carrier to remove the samefrom the lacing hook which has been set, so that under normal conditionsthe slide 121 and sliding rod 132 move as one piece and constitute, as awhole, a slide.

As soon as the lacing hook carrier has been withdrawn from the lacinghook, the tilting frame, together with said lacing hook carrier and itsholder, descends, the slide 121 begins its retreating motion and thelacing hook holder assumes its normal position ad jacent to the end ofthe passageway 113 in readiness to receive a new lacing. hook.

It will be noted that during the preceding movements of the differentparts the presser foot 24 is raised to free the upper so thatit

